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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1900)
1 THE SENATE imtorT to Strlko TnrliT From IhoPuorlo Rioo Bill. Lt vote was taken BfftuMilnTfrlilgn Aniiiiiinred III In- "Hall lit Support the lltll, It Kren ,Trail7 Cmtnui lie niTtirnu. 1 liglon. March Ml. A llroct ymtukitn i')' Hi" H'liaiu tunny on MJjpUHltll'll 10 KlWIl) IIOIII till) leu iiii'iihiiic niu )ii-oviniiiii nty GTpgr cent of thu Dlngloy Jaw it Puerto itti'iiti nroinutiN. 'j no . . .it . pOHltpn was ueii'iuii'i ny void oi fglMi hlin tlm vntii In reganloii TMnglll'! tin' pnima,iu of thu pithillllg ro it 1h not reganloii as Itullciit- mil v.. i on tlm litll. 'J ho I till) lll"lt( W1IM 1 1 14) Hpl'lioll () 0. N lllll) III) ll0(!lltl!i reel- twi'rn thu I'liltml Stilton iiiiiI Jilcii lii' niinouiirtid Unit 1( nil gtp secure ireit iruiii) unoiiKi inn, lOHWOUIil Niipimn tnu punning inn. ,l3EjnTfwiis oniler IIhi'iimnIoii through- llf tllO HI'HNloll, HI'MTlll llllK)rtUllt ncHillMgint" I't'ii'K amend to. lOiCOllfi'ruiiuii report on tint dlplo- iiatloiatui consular appropriation uui TnSmgwiil to. 'Afcoiicurriuit resolution olTori'd by nlbCHou (I)mn. Tux.) directing thu i)crolnryof war mid tint secretary o' IjOltJftvjV t keep "M'UMoimlily iiiIvImuiI liotfJujlliCM () WMtlllllllll KollllurN llllf tfljpni0( tlm comlltlon of tho muu" wasrepu to. h9hB " -" Army It 1 1 1 I'Hased. 'AffOKlPtir days of stormy debute tin ouSuoony pai'mid tho army npproprl tlonluUl. An iiihicI, thu hill in only jftniiyWiiio',lli)il from thu form it: vhlKbU cil inn from tho committed. iuoJoinjlO 111 Ht IlllielllllllCIlt Itlloptl'd ffcnsiiTttidicrH' homos to "Tho nlllccr niliMicn'lpf tlm volutiti'iT mill regular rmicflucninfltiit''l liy (crvk-o during rfMiico rIhcos'llm siiiiiiihIi war. Thu clilof ncldcul ml tho ilny was u dcfi'iiiiu of thu itHnjonBrtiiii'iit against tho chargu of ofklgSxIriiviiKiiiiru in thu fitting up nlRgSfraii'iHirt Sumner, iniulo by nKKt'Oiitcrday. Parker, of Now OMOKvpjoilucfil tho Itemized expenses , iirnIlM liv tho war (lepartiut'iit to ' liow thero Inul lx'i'ii no uxtriiviigunco. ' VitlilitppiHiHliiu tho hotmu conllrmoil k)ro(nt, tltlo to IiIn neat. 1 1 In scut ran SngjU'il White, mrithui Kou-, gjjky'Ttoirobllean, anil thorotiort of thu OJtlllllFtCO tluit investigated tho on no wn'unimiinouHl.v In favorof tho Hitting loinliw , Fi-AWi IN THE MITTIMUS. leclslon In llreynr's Cun May Itelrase , Jlmiy 1 1 1 1 t I a Convicts. Chicago', March ill. Uion tho do Uton of, J mini) Dunne in regard to tho outontTonof thu iittotniiyof ox-Hanker ). jj.,Droyer, now iimlur u penitentiary jntciicoifor umbezatlumunt of $3 10,000 fjthc fond of tlm West l'ark board, 1 rmlk trying to ducuro IiIn roli'iico on u' .rit'oMidBciiH 1'orpun, may ilopoml thu ibcry offfivory i-nuvict pent to .lollut roinCo'pjoiinty hIiicu 18U5. Oroyur'a ttohipy 4oniuiH that thu iiiittiuiUN in lelr cIIciU'm t'aimu. whluh proviilud ho liould lip coiitlnt'il until nilciuL'd by 30 fititto iionrd of pardoux, wiih in error ' t that tho pnrolo law of lHUft providod lot tho Rtnto board of pnrdoui had no nthorlty to ri'h'iiKo, but only to rucom icuiIjuIj ni'tlou to thu Kovoruor, anil t 3DRnter an orror nilllcicnt to war-' inEjilroliiiiKo. Droyor'n nttornuy iMjrnisoci thu tcuhulual ixiiut that ireyej&iailjboi'n twicu plncud In juop rdyibyjihji dlHiniHHul of thu jury in a irmotiinl bufuru a doulxlon hud buon' noUodf 'When Attorney Mayur fln-i lroUhiir, arKiiiiiont todajv Judo tinuo Qgk'cd thu Htatu'H nttornuy if tho ilttlmFworo printud forniH. Uikm ro living tho ruply that nil prUouurs cro Bonffio Joliut upon thin form of 'ittlmWsJlliu court rujoinud: "If Mr. I 'nycr-aTroutcntlon 1h truo tlioro will . ) lip'fnoRy man from Cook county ft in JoTTet." Thu Htuto will nrguo nlnt tlrenxilut tomorrow. XntiBtry'a I'luy Hlnit Out. i'UIsJiarKi Mnrch 111. MrH. Lnn- y, who is booked to appear in this ".tyTdxliSMoiiday wook, will not bo (iriTtto produco hur play, "Tho ogoiqnitcj." TIiIh wiih decided to ly.hy Mnjpr Willinm J. IMehl, who is rocoivod protosta from thu l'reHliv irlnu MlnTsters' AKKiclutlon mid num oub cltlzoiifl ngiiitiHt thu production of 10 piny? oil tho ground that it was im- ai- 4 i fitrnmer Old niiiiilnluu Iluriitni;. New York, Mnrch 111. Tho Htonnior ld'Domliiion, ownod by thu Joy KanVsliIif Company, plying betwoou wrYprk mid lioaton, caught II ro Oo'clolik UiIh morning nt hor Srjuunat rivor. It Ih oxpoutod that loliosa!Ryill bu heavy. All tho pan- Jlijirshud loft tho boat, nud nil th& wiworo Biivcu. ISIIJfiH.Miioro Hiintencril to IIuiib. DoxtorJ Mo.. March 81. KlHnh f f A"Wo rr n i 1 (1 v in mitpHnMul flin ' 0S8O Moovo, IiIh father, in thin ) lUntyttNovoiiibor 1 Inst, wiih soutoiiued tinngjMny in. ilo Bhowoil no omo Sqyliou Bcntonco wiih pnssod. JlatllefH"tTi'nn Outlnua a nil l'mie, Penjor, Mnrch HI. A siwolnl to tho cl?Mountnin Nowa from Gnllup, N. .''BilVHYn bloodv bilttln bntweiui u mm iobko nud n gnngof doHporndoofc oprreduionr Navnio BurluuB. 00 inilca nllup, yostordny nftornoou, iu o of thu 1)0680. Qua Gibbous tjk Losuoro, woro killed. Fivt ithoTdril laws woro enpturod, two had ed, Throo OHoapod, nud n owed. Tho gnntr hnd boor. pnttlo iu vnrloiiH pnrta of th nnttlrvW ' M22M ioaliuST OENEHAL JOUDERT 18 DEAD. Il IXnil nt 1'rflurln Aflnr Hlwirt 1 1 IflOKKa Priitorlii, Mnrch I)U. (lenonil Jon Imrtilloil liif-t iilnht nt UiilO o'olook. lluliud beon NiilTuriiiK from Ktomauli roiiiilnIiit. Thu town in pliiiifeiid into inoti MiliiLt for thu truo patriot,' Kullant Kciiiirnl mid upright nud hoiiornblo ('!ii tloiiiiui. 'I'lln Ailvmiitn llriculi. I-ondon, Mnroli 11(1. Ijonl IlohurtH Iiiih mint 10,01)0 troopH to Olim, 10 iiiIIoh ninth of llloniiifiintuiti, on thu iiillwny. ThiH Ih ii piollinliiary to thu Kuimriil iidvntii'u. Iiiiineimo (iinntltl(i of ittoroH havii now lieuu iiuoiimuliiteil nt Jlloiiinfou tutu. Hour olihurvatlou pnrtluH aru hovering near llloiiiiifontuln, lint Lord ItolioiiH him 111 inllcH lo coviir lmforo riiiicliiiiK thu i;reat ponltlon which tho ItourH aru priipiilrnt; at Krooimtad. Moving 10 inlli'H n day Ih prolmhly thu biiHt hu can do with fluid tnuiHiortn. Thiiroforu hu can hardly oiikU tho Houm In forcu for two weuliH. 'J'hu ru coiiHtrui'tlon of thu mllwiiy buhlnd him inny evon dulny mi inviiHion of thu 'i'rmiHvnnl until May. Meauwhllu all thu imjKirtunt townH in thu Fruu Statu within Iinl ItobertH reach aru being uiirrlMincd. Thiiban elm, rhllipiioltN, I'miruHiiiitli mid JiiKcrHfoiittilii tiro IhiiH huld. Among itiiuiH citbled from I'rutorln Ih n Matuiiieiit that proiiiluuut cltl.oiiH thuru objoct to a dufuiihu of I'rutorln, and denim that I'runlduiit Krugtir xhotild rittlro to liydonburg. lt Ih ul liiKiid that thu piincipal bulldliigH at JoliniiiieHbiirg huvu buuu uiidoriiilned by ordor of Knigur. Oeiiiinil l'ruiich, who hnH nrrlvod nt Illouiiifotituln from Thnlmiichu, cnyH that Coiiimiiiidaiit Olivier Iiiih 0,000 men mid In north of Iiitdybrmid. tt U SSIA AND JAPA N . Itmirvrri! 'rriiuliln ltrlirriii llin I'orri III f.'nrrlt la liiilnlllrlit. Ixmdoii, March !I0. A dlHpatch to thu Dally Mnll form Koliu, ilutud Mnrch 38, Hiiyn: "Ituiiuwud tioublu butwecn ICti nkIii ninl J n mil in Corea 1m imminent. Tho iiiovciueiitH of thu litiHxliin fleet indl cute thu probability of thu Hoizuro of a Corean Hirt. Thu war ufllco ollicinlH at Tokio aru lioldiui; confereiiceii, nud tlu ru linn beon cotmldurublo military mid naval activity in Japan thlH uiuntli." Wht Spirit II .In iiin. Reattlo, March 111). Thu govern ment traiiHport (iaronnn, fiom Miiuilu February 17, nrrlvod today from o,iiar mitiiiu with iiuwh of active jirujmrntion iu military and naval ilepartmcntH of Japan for war with ItiiHuIa. Thu Huh Hlmi lleut at NagiiHakl dlHruardud thu hnrlmr nuthorltiun, mid anchored whoru it pleiipu.d Thu war Hplrit in Hitld by Cnptniu ('onrildf, of thu (inrotiue, to bu utronin Jiijinn on account of thu ('am' eccret attempt to pi In iiiflueiiru in Coren in violation of thu treaty. A prund HHMmiMliiK of tho Jnpuiiem)unvy, to bu followed by iiianunvurri from which foreign i:orniH)niluiitn and the public! are to bu excluded, Ih fixed for thu hint of thin month. lll'aliiri-ll Ilia I'mtiT nf Hpri'l li Chicago, Maich ill). Vlto i'aolotto, thu Italian faloou keopor who lont tho iowur of Kjieech hioii after thu minder of IiIh iartiier, Michael (iiavlto, with which ho iH chnrm'd, niado two nt tempts to commit miicidu. Ilu fulled, but thu method employed restored bin voice. Hu Iiiih only onu leg mid usus a crutch. While listening to tho testi mony of witncHCCH who appeared bo foru tho I'oronor'H jury, l'aoletto put thu lowur end of tho crutch iu IiIh mouth mid lurched forward. Ho wns only Hlightly injured. A fuw miuutuH later thu accused muu rupented tho attempt to end IiIh life. Thu' itttondautH then took thu crutch away. Ouu of thu phyHiciaiiH who examined him MiiyH that tho chock produced in l'aolutto'H throat by falling on tho end of tho crutch restored circulation iu tho region of tho paralyzed vocal ccrd.i mid tho organs woro again able to per form their functiouH. Kiiliialnn III a I'lipur Mill. Krlo, I'n., Mnrch HO. F.lovon dryori in n paper machine in tho II. V. Wat ton 1'apur Company's mill exploded to night, wrecking tho portion of the building in which it wiib located, kill ing one mau nud injuring four more. Josoph Stnhl wiih blown through n briok wnll nud instautly killed. Tho injured nre: Albert Hnrris, fatally Hcnlded; Auton Cireenbock, leg broken; ChnrluH Wrinlgo, leg brokou; J. Yrekn, fatally brulHod. All of tho injured woro terribly hurt by tho force of tho explosion, nud woro takou to hospitals, whoro thoy nil may die. Tho loss to tho Imildiiig mid machinory will prob ably ngKregntu !f20,000. T.uxury on tlm Huiiinnr. Wusliliitgon, Mnrch 30. Tho houso todny dovotod prncticnlly tho whole day to tho coslderatlon of tho army ap propriation bill. Several minor iimondmontB woro Adopted, nud nbout half of tho bill was considered. Thore was n good donl of oxtomporiiuoous do bate during tho day, Httlo of which wns portinont to tho bill. Drigga (Dom. N. Y.) created n diversion by charging rockloss uxtrnvnganco in tho ilttlng up of tho transport Suuiuor, nud liroolpitatod ii lively tilt upou tho sub joot. Ilo gavo uotico that Inter ho should ask tho houso to invostlgnto the subjoot. Loxiugton, Ky., March 00. Liuly Hool, dnin of Hamburg, has fonlod iu England n bay colt by St. Simon. Lady lieol cost Marcus Duly $l,000,iuid slio n Bout to Knglnud 18 mouths ngo. Mr. Daly paid $51,000 for Ham burg. Huron, S. D., Muroh !10. Tho heav iest snow of tho Bonsou lias inllen slnco midnight over tho stnto oust of tho Mis souri ilver, aud south ol Abordoon. Nearly a foot of snow covora tho ground, nud is still snowing. British Vanguard Cloarlng' tho Way. DOERS DRIVEN FROM KOPJES Ilrltluli Onaiinlllpa In tlm 1Jiikimdii t XVnrn 0nr Our llunilrrit Moll Tlm Tniliapcirl Hrrilrn. London, April 2. Tho head of tin nrmy of Lord Ilobcrts Ih now ubont 21 miles north of liluumfontulu. It occu pies n cinder of hills won from the jioers lifter n utitt fight, in which the llrltlsh lost hivoii olllcers mid 100 men. 'l'hu Hours hnvn been lining these kopjes as n biiMi for marauding bauds that havu been beating up tho country adjacent to Hloiunfoiitelii for pupjiles, driving oir cattle nud forcing non-resident I'rci) Stnti'is into thuir ranks a Kill n. Thu Hours iniiHt linvu been in couHiilernblu force, as Lord Huberts mill 8,000 infiintry and !l,000 cavalry ngainst thorn. Lord Huberts' progress to I'rotorln will probably consist of fuch forward movements, in which Hour positions will bu attackud by n portion of thu unity advancing rnpidlv with whcol transport, thu liiain army coming up as thu railway is repaired. Lord Hobeits is stripping tho forces i III t flit minor uiilii.n.M nf iitiiiriitlniia nf '.l .t- l. i t . I f nieir wngous iiiih irauspori uiumnis io order to hasten the advance. This is understood to bu thu resaon why he re called Iord Methuen from Harkly West to Kiiiibnrluy. Iird Huberts has to have Mutliuen's transport. (it'iieral French lost 3,000 hcTses Ir thu relief of Kiinberlu ami the pursuit oftieueral Cronju. Iyord HoburU lost 3,000 trmiHK)rt cattle at Wntervnnl Drift, nud it is estimated that hu has lost .1,01)0 other miimals sincu thu for ward movement began February 13. Thu advmicu beyond Hloemfontcin is throuuh a bare country, nud tho supply I lillcers fomou an increasing didloulty in jiroivdiiig for a ureat army moviiii: 1....I.. II ..I ...II IIIIIII U MIIIU IIIIU Ul 1II1IVIHJ, UU'U when tho latter is working smoothly nud with ample rolling stock. Thu Canadian mounted rifles were part of tliu forro that occupiol Kou liardt yeiterday. Tho lobolllou through--nit thu northwest districts of Cupe Col jny is almost suppressed. Hlrlkn Avrrtril. Chicago, A))ril J. A settlement ol tho striko lu tho innchine shops of Chi-. cngo was reached today. It is u settle-i incut which is to be national iu ita Fcopc, nud under its terms tho general strike, timed to involve 1C0. 000 ma chinists of tho country about April 1, will bu averted. Work is to bo re sumed hero Monday, nud at Clovolmid, 1'iiterson, N. J., mid I'hilndelphia. At Columbus, the fifth city where a , strike wiih in force, a tettlemcnt wni , reached Thursday afternoon. In nil ( llieso llo cuius iiiu men agree io reiuru to work pending arbitration of tho is sues in thu controversy. Ciml-Mlne Hint. Dulmis, In., April 2. Tho striking miners at tliu Horatio mines of the Her-wind-Whito Coal Milling Company nt tnuked tho fuw men who have re- muluud ut work when they canio out of , the mines tonight. Over 100 shoti ' wore fired, resulting in tho scrioui wounding of threu persons. Tho sheriff i was called upon mid arrested 40 men nun women who pariicipaien iu mu fight. Tho sheriff is now guarding the property of tho company. Ilurat Cnnf'oil. Glendlvo, Mnnt., April 2. Josoph C. Hurst was executed iu tho jail yard hero today for tho murder of Sheriff Doiniuick" Ciivanaugli, Docouibor 23, 1808. His wifo and two children nud near relatives took thoir Inst leave of tho condoninod man yesterday after iiimn lWmln liiiil untrolnil tbo Rlrents i i , since onriy iiihi uveiuun nun iur u muu it was foarod Hurst would bo lynched. II unit couiossed to committing tho mur der. Price mi n Itrforincr'a llcnil. Snu Francisco, April 2. Should Leung Chi Tso conio to Sau Francisco ho may have tho highbiuder societies ut his heels. Tho viiluo placed upou Loung's head is $05,000, nud posters jiluceil couspiououflly in Chinatown to day iiiuioiiuco that tho reformer is badly wanted, dead or tilivt., by tho Chlnoso government. Leung is now nt Honolulu. Ho litis doclnrod is inten tion of coming to this city nt n uenr date, nnd will nsk for pollco protection boro. Ho loft China tho first of tho year, nnd nftor hnving shavod off bi queue, ho started for America. A Ban I'iiiiicUcii Flro. Snu Francisco, April 2. Firo to night destroyod tho Yosoinito Hour mills, n four-story brick bulldluui tho fnctory of tho California l'nsto Com pany, tlireo.story franio 6tmcturo, part of whiohwns oooupied by tho Cus tom Grnin & Fnol Company, ivnd sov ernl small houses, burning out four families. Tho buildiuga woro nil owued by G. It. Splivato, and tho total loss is estimated nt $200,000. Ono, liroman was buruoit by an oioctrio iignti wlro, nnd two spootntors wore injured by falling ovor obstructions. AVur Talk ut 8ulintiiil, London, April 2. Tho Solmstopol nnrrnHnnndont of tllO Daily Grailhlo says! "War alarms fill tho navy head- qunrtors horo. Uio whole huxine equndrou is fully oquippou for instom Borvlco. Troops with full war kits air ibillv arrlvliiB from tho intorior. The gurrlsou will soon bo ft powerful arnij corps. Thoro is muoli oxoitomoui; ninong tho staffs of both sorvlcos, auil nil tho talk is of bringing Turkey to hor Bousoa by forclblo moasuros." GATHERING IN FORCE. liner ('oncmitrntliir Not VT From llliininfiiiitftln. Iindon, Mnrch 111. Tho Iloors nro loneiiiitratltig In force nbout 10 miles north of illoemfnnteiii, iu tho roar of ill en, and Lord Huberts Ih sending for ward troops to cngngo them. Tho Seventh infantry division nnd part of General French's cuvalry hnvo boon lent up to join tho Fourteenth brlgndo, i nil tho two cavalry regiments that nro holding Oleii mid its environs. It does aot seem possihlo that tho l'.oors will JClvo serious bnttlo in thu fairly open country north of Olcn. Still thuir evi dent strength indicates more than a corps of observation. In small affairs tho Iloors nro daring ly aggressive in nil parts of tho field of war. Tho Joh.'innusberg mounted po lice, esteemed by thu Hours to bu their best mounted commando, is raiding thu country near Jlloemfontoln, hnrrass Ing tho farmers who have given up their snns to thu iiritish nud carrying off cnttlo. There 1h n Hoer report from Nntnl that n HiiHslmi soldier of fortune, Col onel (inuotzki, with 100 horsemen, is operating closu to tho Hritlsh outposts on tho westurn border. Tho Hoots hnvo rcoccnpicd Campbell mid nru in strength near Tnungs nnd Harkly West. Thoy shelled tho Hritish camp nt Warrenton, Wednesday, but moved out of range that ulght. Yester day two HritiHh guns eufilnded the Hoer trenches, fjuletlntr their Miiusers. Lord Metlietm mid tho forces that had been operating In tho Harkly district havu been recalled to Kimborley by Lord Huberts. Dispatclies from Maseru assert thnt tho Hours who returned from Lady brand from Clocolan have taken up stong positions nnd sent pickets far In every direction to watch Hasutolaud, iu thu expectation that part of General Huller's nrmy will invado tho Froo Statu ou that sido. Ooiii I'nul'a lliinat. TjOUiIou, March 31. Tho Hloemfon trlu correspondent of tho .Morning Host, telegraphing Wednesday says: "I'rcsi lent Krujier boasts of his intention to retake Hloemfuntoiu within a week, mil it appears probablo that tho Jioers iro appruiiching iu forco southward." Vlrn III Giitlinm. Now York, March 31. Tho investi gation into tho charges thnt vico flour ished openly in this city under police protection reached u sensational climax today, when tho grnnd jury returned three indictments ngainst Police Cap tain Andrew J. Thomas, lu command of the tenderloin precinct. For nearly two weuks thu grand jury, of which George II. l'utnnm, tho publisher, is foreman, bus been considering condi tions in tho teudorloin precinct. Spe cifically, Captuiu Thomas is charged with failing to close resorts iu tho ten derloin, such na tho Tivoli, Hohomia, Haymarket, Arcadia, I'ekln, etc., ngitiuEt which u public crusade has been waged for nearly n mouth. Tho indicted man was couvictod practically ou his own testimony. Cnptuin TJionias wns not arrested tonight. He will ap pear before Itecorder Goff tomorrow. Imlluii Crupa. Calcutta, March 31. In the course of his remarks addressing tho council ou tho budget yostordny, tho viceroy, Lord Curzou, eaid tho loss to the wheat crop caused by the drought duriuu the present year wns 8,000,000 to 10, 000,000, tho loss ou the cotton crop wiib 7,000,000, whilo the oil nnd seed crop, usually covering 18,000,000 acres, was nonoxistcut outside of Bengal nud tho northwest provinces. Tho loss to cultivators iu Bombay nlouo in food crops was 15,000,000, nud iu cotton, 4,000,000. In conclusion, the vico roy said it wns impossible for nnygov eminent to nutioipnto tho cousequonces of a visitation of nature ou so gigantic and ruinous a scalo. Turkey Shuts Out American Pork. Constantinople.. March 31. Tho porto has informed tho United Statos logatiou that iu future tho importation of American pork will bo prohibited, giving as n reason for tho prohibition that tho meat is injurious to tho public health. Lloyd C. Grlscom, United Statos charge d 'affairs, protested ener getically, demanding the anuullmout of tho measure. Kxioaltlon Travel OpellR. Now York, Mnrch 31. Travel to tho Pnris exposition has begun. Tho French lino Btoamor La Tourniuo, when sho sailed for Havre today, hud tho largest number of passengers on board that sho has carried on uuy east ward trip in two years, thore being 300 lu tho cabin nnd 200 in tho steerage Tho application for paBsago for 35 pur ions had to bo refused. Investigation Abnniloneil. Now York, Moroh 31. Tho grnud ury has abandoned its investigation Into the nllegod wrecking of tho Third Avenue Itnilroad Company. This fact was announced today by Assistant Dis trict Attoruoy Uuger, who said thnt ho hnd advised that body to discontinue tho inquiry bocauso thore is nothing io show tho violation of nny criminal law. Itiiialuli Troops lu Coren. Loudou, March 31. Tho Kroning News publishes n dispatch from Kobe, Japan, announcing that Russia' has de manded loavo to laud troops noar Mcs lampo, Coroa, aud, tho dispatch says, wants uo outside interference. "Iloxors" Dispersed. Poking, March 31. About 10,000? I rion-Tsiu coollos nro leaving for Now Dhwnug to build tho Mnuohuria rail road. Tho situation horo is quiot. Tho "Boxors," who hnvo boon causing trouble iu tho north, havo boon dis- porsod by tho trooijs. New York, March 81. Firo nt Now Hruuswick, N. J., Inst night did $100. Q00 dnmngo to tho Consolidated Fruit ' Iur Fnotory. Three hundred hands nre ' thrown out of employment. LIVE-STOCK CENSUS. An KiitiinnrHtlnn of I'ure-llrnil 1'uriil Anlninls Will lie I'urt of Twelfth Census. An enumeration of tho pnre-blood or juire-brod farm nuImaU iu tho United Stntes will bo n part of the twelfth con sus. Tho main schedule for agriculture provides for returning tho nnrnbor, Juno 1, 1000, of nil puro-blooded ani mals recorded or eligible to record, on tho farm." While tho treasury department, In Administering tho tariff laws relative to pure-bred animals, does not accept the verbal statements of owners or agents, but requires certified evidence In writ ing of tho pedigreo claimed, the census enumerator will bo compelled to rely pretty generally, if not wholly, upon verbal replies as to whether stock is pure-bred. As several months must elapse before thu census of livo stock will be taken, Director Morriam requests that nil who nro not certain whether their unregis tered animals ure grade, or pure-bred nnd "eligible to record," tnko stops definitely to scttlo the mooted tioint, nnd thus bo prepared without hesitation to give tho enumerator accurate infor mation relative to this interesting inquiry. Sheep may be recorded by flocks; but other animals aro recorded by indi viduals. Tho herd books show that nbout 750,000 cattle have been regis tered in tho United States nnd it is estimated thnt nbout 350,000 are liv int.'. If breeders will rnako accurate returns of their pure-bred animals to the census enumerators next June, a correct basis will bo secured for show ing future expansion in high grade live stock. Otherwise tho efforts of the census officers will bo of small value. Converted Into a Sawmill. The plant of the Kverett, Wnsh., nail mill, which has been closed for a year or more, has been purchased by Willinm C. Butler nnd will be convert ed into a sawmill. The nail machines were shipped to San Francisco last fall, tho local plant having bcou absorbed by tho American Steol Company. Washington Fir. Less than two years ago Washington fir was tried as an experiment in the manufacture of cars, as a result of which, it is asserted, by tho Hailroad and Engineering Journal, that during the present year a majority of the cars built for Western roads will bo of ma terial taken from tho Washington for ests. Bale of Sheep M. Fitzgerald, of Mitchell, Or., 6old on the 20th inst., to a Montana buyer, 1,000 head of yearling ewes and weth ers at $2.50 for wethers and $2.75 for ewes, to be delivered nftor shearing. As the sheep will shear 10 pounds, and Fitzgerald expects to get 18 cents a pound for it, it will bo seen that he figures on his yearlings bringing him an average of $4.42 per head. Northwest Notes. The board of commissioners of Che lan county, Wash., are very busy these days getting moved iuto the uew court houso at Vi'enatcheo. A plant for extracting arsenic from the Monte Cristo ores is to be establish ed at Kverett. It is said those ores are ouo-third arsenic. The explosion of a lamp in ex-Senator Foss' clothing store caused about $1,000 damage. The store is iu one of Ana cortes', Wash., fluent brick structures. Tho men brought from up-Sound points to replaco tho strikers at the Seattlo Logging Company's camp, at Port Crescent, have refused to go to work upon learning the situation there, and some havo already returned home. The Everett & Moute Cristo railroad is o be rebuilt from Hartford Junction to Monte Cristo wherever it was dam ngod by floods and the lino will be iu operation again by July 1. This is the part of tho road not included in the purchase by the Northern Pacific. ii. E. MoBrido sold his 80-acre farm in the artesian belt to Hiram O. Blank enship, recontly out from tho Atlln gold fields, says tho North Yakima Hopublic. Ho will sink an artesian welt at ouco and build a $1,000 houso on tho laud. Oliver Cornwell shipped two car loads of fat beef cattle to Snohomish, Wash., says the Walla Walla Union. Those cattle were fed upon alfalfa bay altogether, nud made a gain of 250 pounds iu three months. Thoy aver aged when shipped 1,400 pounds each. Tho price per hundred was $4.85. The O. It. & N. is about to expend about $300,000 in improving tho truck between Pendlotou aud Umatilla. In the stomach of a beef creature recently killed at Fossil, Or., tho other day, three pounds of gravel stones larger than ordiuary marbles woro fouud. Tho petition of tho citizens of John Day, Or., asking that tho town bo al lowed to incorporate uudot the legis lative act of 1803, was granted by tho Grant county court nt ita last mooting, A petitiou is beiug circulatod nt Fossil with a viow of resurrecting tho Fossil and Waterman mail routo, which was discontinued several weeks ago and a liuo from Twickenham to Watermau substituted. Puudloton has au ordinance against spitting on tho sidewalk that has just goue iuto offoct. A flue of $1 for each offeuse is providod for, and it ia said the Pendleton ofllcors will on forco tho law. The Willamette is now bolioved to bo nt a lowor stage than it has boon at this season in many n year. It is but four feet above low wator, and the Bteamboat pooplo are already figuring on putting a light draught Btoamor on the run. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Quiet Tfaek In the Dry-floods Distrib utive Trade. I Hradstroct's says: lt has been . quiet week in distributive trodo, oxcop j nt somo fow Wostorn centers, thlsboinjf Bspoclnlly truo of tho dry-goods 'busi ness. Wholosnlo trndo in this lino hot been generally completed, and, pond ing tho effect of tho spring dotunnd up on tho retail trndo, the markets nro in a wnitiug stago, As. regards prices, tho feature of tho weok hna boon ,th strength manifested in ngriculturnl pro ducts nnd provisions. ThondvnnccH Iu tho lntter, iu fact, nre regarded ns fore shadowing nu upward movement in hog products, long predicted, but only prir tlnlly realized. i Winter whent crop ndvlcos havo been, on tho whole, good, nnd hnvo acted ns n bnhinco to tho stories of French dnmago. i Wool has been more active, but con I sidcntblo business lius been douo at concessions. I Tho demoralization In the sugrtr mar ket is clearly confined to thd refining branch. Manufacturers and jobbors in. carpets nnd upholstory report a heavy 6oason' i business booked. j Wheat, iucluding flour, shipments for tho weok nggrogato 2,902,849 buab ols, ngainst 2,003,405 last week. I Business failures in tho United States for the week number 178, ns , compared with 102 last week. j Business failures in the Dominion of Canada for tho week number 25, as against 23 last weok. Oriental advices ' stato that permis sion to do general business in Japan has been refused GO foreign insurance companies, most of them American. 'ACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $2.00 2.75 per sack. ' Lettuce, hot house, 45c per doc Potatoes, now, $17018. Beets, per sack, 758Cc. Turnips, per sack, 00c. Carrots, per sack, 75c. Parsnips, per sack, 7585c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, natiro and California, $1.001.25 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.25(31.50 per box. Prunes, COc per box. Butter Creamery, 28c per pound; dairy, 17(2 22c; ranch, 17c per pound. Eggs 15lGc. Cheese Native. 15c. Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 14 15c; spring, $5. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00 19.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Itolled or ground, per ton, $20; Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; ryo flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; Bhorts, per ton, $15.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beol steers, 7j-28c; cows, 7c; mutton 8o; pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, 8K 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13Ji; breakfast bacon, 12)c; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 53 54c; Valley, 53c; Bluestom, 50c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 3037c; choice gray, 34o per bushol. Barley Feed barley, $14 14.50; brewing, $17.00 17.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $10; shorts, $15;. chop, $14 pes ton. Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7Q 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; seconds, 40o; dairy, 3037ao; store, 25032)0. Eggs llo perdozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Youug America, 14o; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 4.50 per dozeu; hens, $0.50; springs, $2.603.50; geese, $0.508.00 forold; $4.506.50; ducks, $5.500.00 per dozen; turkoys, live, 10 llo pox pound. Potatoes 4055o per sack; swoets, 22Mo per pound. Vegetables Boots, $1; turnips, 00c; por sack; garlic, 7c por pound; cab bage, iyo per pound; parsnips, $1; ouions, $2.002.50; carrots, $1. Hops 38o per pound Wool Valley, 1018o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1015o; mohair, 27 80o por pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wothera nnd ewes, 4Jo; dressed mutton, 7 70 por pound; lambs, 7)isoper pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $0,00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $0.000.50 por 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50; cows, $3.504.00; dressed boof, Q)& 7?4C por pound. Veal Large, 07c; small, 8 Oo per pound. Tallow 55Kc; No. 2 and grease, 3s4o por pound. Ban Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 1215o pe pound; Ftostern Oregon, 12l0o; Yal- I ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1809 crop, 1218o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery . 18o; do seconds, 1017o; fancy dairy, 10 1 104o;doBocouds,1415o por pound. I Eggs Store, 13o; fanoy ranoh, 1 15o. .' Millstuffs Middlings, $17,00 , I 20.00: bran. $12.50(310.50.